Copthorne Macdonald - Articles

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Copthorne Macdonald is a writer and independent scholar. His interests include the nature of reality (including consciousness and mind) and the development of wisdom. He has written extensively in these areas, and his published writing to date includes 8 books (3 on the subject of wisdom) and over 130 shorter pieces. Since 1995 he has tended The Wisdom Page — a website devoted to wisdom resources.

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Seeing the Nature of Reality Through Buddhist Meditation
Many Eastern texts have sought to explain the "Perennial Philosophy" view of reality. Here the author attempts it using some concepts the ancients didn't have, and discusses how two varieties of Buddhist meditation can help us internalize this view. Read
By: Copthorne Macdonald | 15/08/2007 | Self Improvement
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Creating an Integral Culture
An integral culture is emerging that incorporates an ethics which values both the-good-of-the-whole and the well-being of individuals. It seeks to create societal institutions that allow people to develop their innate physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual potentials, and lead people to voluntarily choose an empathetic caring-based personal morality. Read
By: Copthorne Macdonald | 15/08/2007 | News and Society
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Developing Personal Wisdom
We know what it takes to become knowledgeable, but what does it take to become wise? Is the process totally beyond our control, or are there things we can do to speed it up? In this article Copthorne Macdonald, author of three books on wisdom and webmaster of THE WISDOM PAGE, says that if we want to become wiser people we can develop the characteristics of wisdom — the relevant perspectives, and values, and intellectual knowledge — and incorporate them into our lives. Read
By: Copthorne Macdonald | 15/08/2007 | Self Improvement
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The Role of Values in Wisdom
"High" or "superior" values are a hallmark of wisdom. They have two roles in the lives of wise people. First, they provide illuminating slants on the data of life. Second, they guide the decision-making process toward wiser decisions. Read
By: Copthorne Macdonald | 15/08/2007 | Self Improvement
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The Varieties of Wisdom
There are several varieties or "flavors" of personal wisdom. Here, Copthorne Macdonald discusses three of them as well as the back-and-forth relationship between personal wisdom and socio-cultural wisdom. Read
By: Copthorne Macdonald | 15/08/2007 | Self Improvement
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Playing the Wisdom Game
Subtitled "Some thoughts about the nature and development of wisdom," this article was first published in the 2006 book LIVING A LIFE OF VALUE. Read
By: Copthorne Macdonald | 15/08/2007 | Self Improvement